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by Kat Giantis
MSN Entertainment
April 12, 2004
The hyphenated good times have come to an end for John Stamos and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos. The onetime "Full House" hunk, 40, and his bombshell "X-Men" wife, 31, have decided to part ways after nearly six years of marriage, reports the New York Daily News. "It's very amicable," their spokesman tells the paper. "There's no third party. There's no real reason except they've decided to go in separate directions."
The Star, however, gives a reason, quoting an insider as saying the rift was over whether to start a family -- John allegedly wanted to, Rebecca didn't. Last year, Romijn-Stamos told Us, "I have nine horses. Whenever I think I might want to have a child, I buy a horse instead."
The genetically gifted duo, who met at a Victoria's Secret fashion show in 1994 ("I just knew at that moment she was it," Stamos has said) and wed four years later, looked very much like lovebirds back in February, when they were snapped repeatedly smooching outside a Los Angeles concert. But the actor and 10-10 long-distance pitchman admitted to People last December that they had experienced some marital strife, though he insisted they had worked through it.
"About a year ago we went through a difficult time, because we were apart too
much. So we made a pact to spend more time together," Stamos told the magazine.
"We're happier than we've ever been in our marriage."
John
currently has a sitcom pilot in the works for ABC, while Rebecca will next be
seen opposite Tom Jane in "The Punisher" and Robert De Niro in "Godsend." "The split couldn't come at a worse time," an insider
tells the paper. "But what can you do?"
Love's Frances: Bean There, Done That
Courtney Love insisted last week that she's the "boss" of
daughter Frances Bean Cobain. Now it seems she's entrusted her little girl with
a very big job: Defend mommy.
In an oddball interview with Blender magazine, the troubled rocker, 39, goes one-on-one with her 11-year-old offspring, chatting about everything from Janet Jackson's Super Bowl boob flash to a mother's, um, needs.
"Janet Jackson was inappropriate," Frances tells her mom. "But I've shown my [expletive that rhymes with bits] in front of people, honey," understates Courtney, prompting Frances to observe that Janet's skin show was more shocking because it was "in front of children."
And because a pre-teen likes nothing better than to discuss her mom's love
life, Love, who has temporarily lost custody of Frances (she's living with her
paternal grandmother), confesses to her daughter that she needs a man.
"Sometimes, mommies need to get laid, too," explains the embattled
entertainer, uttering a phrase that sounds like the title of the most
inappropriate kids' book ever. "But mommy," replies Frances, ostensibly
unprompted, "you intimidate men!" Uh-huh. Anyway, Love is due in court this week
to answer to drug and disorderly-conduct charges.
Frances isn't the only one coming to Love's defense, however. In a letter to People magazine, Kurt Cobain's father hits back at a new book alleging the Nirvana frontman was murdered. "We all know Kurt killed himself," he writes. "Courtney did not kill him nor did she have him killed."
Eminem Cleans Up
Eminem doesn't just spend his time cleaning out his closets. He
also likes to clean up his cuticles. The mega-selling rapper reportedly indulged
in some divalicious pampering after a performance in London last week. According
to the London Mirror, Em spent quality time at the Dorchester Hotel's swanky
spa, where he soaked up the faux rays on a tanning bed and had a
tootsie-soothing pedicure.
"Eminem acted like he was royalty," a
source tells the paper. "It's an ultra-discreet spa with lovely staff but he
really gave it the big one." Among his treatment trespasses: He nixed the
standard robe and "strutted" around bare-chested, and was accompanied by four
burly bodyguards.
"They stood guard outside the treatment rooms,"
the insider dishes. "What did he think was going to happen? That someone would
burst in and laugh at him?"
Julia's Spendy Malibu Sanctuary
Julia Roberts is sparing no expense in creating a
private oasis where she can get away from it all with husband Danny Moder. The
Los Angeles Times reports the Oscar-winning A-lister has started developing a
Malibu compound with sweeping ocean views and a private beach.
Roberts plunked down $6.4 million last year for a '60s home on more than an acre of Malibu bluff and has now snapped up the neighboring land. The Moders plan to build a house on one of the pricey parcels and either raze or renovate the existing structure. Estimated costs before one nail has been hammered: $20 million-plus.
The reclusive couple, who wed in 2002, is currently residing in a $1.3 million renovated bungalow in Venice, which is so modest -- at least by Hollywood standards -- it isn't even on the beach.
"Groundhog" Feud?
It's not just pop divas and tween
rockers who are feuding these days. Turns out Bill Murray and Harold Ramis haven't spoken since falling out after making "Groundhog Day" over a decade ago.
"Bill was just
really irrationally mean and unavailable. He was constantly late on set," Ramis
tells the New Yorker of his onetime co-star and collaborator. "What I'd want to
say to him is just what we tell our children: 'You don't have to throw a tantrum
to get what you want. Just say what you want.'" In Murray's defense, his
marriage was imploding while the Ramis-directed flick was being made, which
might account for the alleged bad behavior.
Murray reportedly
declined Ramis' recent offer -- sent through Bill's brother, Brian Doyle Murray
-- to appear in the filmmaker's upcoming pic, "The Ice Harvest," starring John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton.
"It's a huge hole in my life,"
Ramis says of his estrangement from Murray, "but there are so many pride issues
about reaching out. Bill would give you his kidney if you needed it, but he
wouldn't necessarily return your phone calls."
Quickies...
Madonna, who stirred up a fuss in Ireland last week over an
upcoming Sunday concert, will no longer perform on Friday nights due to her
Kabbalah beliefs. "She is observing Shabbat on Friday evenings," the
Catholic-born icon's publicist tells New York magazine ... Diane Keaton is set to star as a janitor in the Callie
Khouri-directed heist comedy "Mad Money," says the Hollywood Reporter ...
Marilyn Manson (remember him?) has popped the question to
burlesque beauty Dita Von Teese, reports Us. The once-controversial rocker went
the traditional route, getting down on one knee and presenting his longtime love
with a cornea-searing 7-carat diamond ring ... Matt Damon found himself sliding into bad habits while filming
"The Brothers Grimm" in Prague. "I gave up smoking for four
months, but I'm smoking again," the star tells USA Today. "Everybody smokes
here."
